Gardner Hathaway

Gardner Rugg "Gus" Hathaway (March 13, 1925 – November 20, 2013) was from 1985 to 1990 chief of the CIA's Counterintelligence Staff and its Counterintelligence Center successor. During US Army service in World War II he was wounded by shrapnel. After being discharged he attended the University of Virginia, graduating in 1950. He was appointed Moscow Chief of Station in 1977. Shortly after moving to Moscow, Hathaway persuaded his superiors to take on Adolf Tolkachev as an asset, at a time when the Agency was wary of KGB counter-intelligence operations and anxious to protect bilateral relations. Tolkachev provided a highly useful stream of information until his arrest in 1985 due to information provided by CIA defector Edward Lee Howard. Hathaway retired in 1990, and was awarded the Distinguished Intelligence Medal.